Primary Job Title Chief Financial Officer Primary Organization 
Genprex
Location Austin, Texas, United States Regions Southern US Gender Male
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Ryan M. Confer was Business Manager of the Company. From December 2013 through September 2016, he served as our Chief Operating and Financial Officer, and from June 2011 to December 2013 as our business Manager. Mr. Confer has served us in a variety of strategic, operations, and finance capacities since our inception in 2009 both as a consultant
through his own firm, Confer Capital, Inc., and as an employee. Mr. Confer has over 10 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in planning, launching, developing, and growing emerging technology companies. He has served in c-level and vice president roles for non-profit and for-profit entities since 2008. Most notably, Mr. Confer served as VP of Customer Experience and then later as VP of Strategy for KaiNexus Inc., an emerging technology company that develops continuous improvement software. Prior to his entrepreneurial experience, Mr. Confer served as a business development consultant for the University of Texas at Austin’s IC2 Institute, an international think tank and incubator, where he focused on evaluating the commercialization potential of nascent technologies in emerging growth markets. Mr. Confer holds a BS in finance and legal studies from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and an MS in technology commercialization from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
